1999 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

ACCELERATOR STICKS. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME WAS WITHIN THE 36K WARRANTY AND HAD IT COVERED. CANNOT REMEMBER IF THEY REPLACED THROTTLE BODY OR JUST CLEANED. IT OCCURRED AGAIN .. THIS TIME @ 80K. I HAD THEM REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY (DEALER RECOMMENDATION FOR $459.82). I HAVE OWNED A TOTAL OF 4 VILLAGERS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT IS A HAZARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TAP THE PEDAL HARD TO GET IT TO GO. WHEN TAPPING HARD THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF HITTING ANOTHER CAR. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED THIS IS A DANGER. I NOTICE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD MOTOR IS NOT COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION OR COVERING THE COST ON THIS ISSUE? *JB

GAS PEDAL STICKS. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY STOMP ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET IT TO MOVE. HAS DONE THIS SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS CLEANED THROTTLE CABLE 3 TIMES. INDICATES IT NEEDS NEW THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. TECHS WERE ADVISED (PER MY DEALER) FROM FORD TO ONLY CLEAN THROTTLE ASSEMBLY WHEN CONSUMER COMPLAINED. NOW AFTER MANY MILES AND NO WARRANTY THEY SUGGEST CHANGING THE COMPLETE ASSEMBLY AT MY COST. I UNDERSTAND THAT OHIO RESIDENTS HAVE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THIS. HOW DO ALL OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES FROM OTHER STATES PARTICPATE IN MAKING THE MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT?

IF THERE IS ANYTHING JUST EVEN SLIGHTLY HANGING OVER THE BACK HATCH WHEN IT IS CLOSED IT WILL NOT RELEASE (OPEN). A RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I HAD A PIECE OF CARDBOARD FROM A CLOTHES HANGER HANGING OVER THE EDGE OF WHERE THE BACK HATCH CLOSES. IT WOULD NOT REOPEN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T GET IT OPEN. I FINALLY PULLED THE CARDBOARD OUT, PIECE BY PIECE, AND THEN THE HATCH WOULD OPEN. IT HAS DONE THIS WITH CLOTHING -- SHIRT SLEEVE, BLANKET, PENCIL, ETC. IF SOMETHING IS ON THE EDGE OF THE DOOR HATCH FLOOR, AND GETS STUCK IN THE HATCH, THE HATCH WILL NOT OPEN. FROM A SAFETY ASPECT, IF A CHILD OR SOMEONE ELSE'S FINGER GOT SLAMMED SHUT INTO THE HATCH, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN THE HATCH TO GET THE FINGER OUT!!!! IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THICK, NOR DOES IT HAVE TO BE BY THE LATCH -- IN FACT IT IS NEVER BY THE LATCH BECAUSE THE LATCH IS ON THE SIDES. THE CARDBOARD FROM THE HANGER WAS THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A FINGER. NO ONE COULD GET IT OPEN -- THE CARDBOARD HAD TO BE RIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE HATCH.*AK

WHILE ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE VIBRATED THEN JERKED ON IT'S OWN. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER THEN INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK *SC

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHEN AT A STOP SIGN / TRAFFIC LIGHT OR COASTING IN TRAFFIC. I MUST PUSH VERY HARD ON THE PEDAL FOR THE ACCELERATOR TO MOVE. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I FEEL LIKE I COULD POSSIBLY REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE OR POSSIBLY BE REAR ENDED MYSELF. THIS PROBLEM MAKES THE VEHICLE HARD TO DRIVE. *NM

WHILE STOPPING AT A LIGHT AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE GAS PEDAL STUCK. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND THE TIRES SPUN OUT. *AK THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED REPEATEDLY SINCE ABOUT 40K MILES, CURRENTLY AT 82K MILES, THIS WOULD OCCUR AT LEAST ONE IN FIVE TIMES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. *SC

GAS PEDAL ON MERCURY VILLAGER DOES NOT ALWAYS RESPOND AND WHEN IT DOES IT DOES SO RAPIDLY/HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE BY DEALER/DEALER STATES THAT IT IS A DESIGN FLAW AND WITHOUT REPLACEMENT OF CARB THERE IS NO CURE.

WHILE DRIVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD TO STOMP ON THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD. *TC *JB

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. HAD THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLEY REPLACED IN 2001 AND NOW IT'S DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.*AK